The topic was discussed during the prime minister's meeting with Ivan Glasenberg, CEO of one of the world's largest commodity trader Glencore whose father comes from Lithuania.
"We spoke about attracting more Litvaks to Lithuania, about making them feel welcome here and offering them opportunities to find archival information about their ancestors, visit their native soil and contribute to building communities, as well as examine investment opportunities in Lithuania – developing business or buying farms," adviser Mykolas Majauskas said.
According to him, some Litvaks are considering buying farms in Lithuania in order to take active part in communal activities.
Litvaks are the ethnic-cultural group that was formed in Lithuania and across the territory of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Before the Holocaust, Litvaks made about 10 percent of the global Jewish community. Vilnius was dubbed Jerusalem of the North. More than 90 percent of Lithuania's pre-war Jewish population of over 220,000 perished during the Nazi occupation.
